Iran vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 49 million TIV, or 1.61 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Switzerland	World
2025	80 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	176 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	339 million	40 billion
1976	–	592 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	435 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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